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Life & fun · February 23, 2016

The James Altucher Show - Turney Duff

Sex, stocks and Wall Street

The James Altucher Show - Turney Duff launched on February 23, 2016 with 72 votes, #835 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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I’d rather be an alien. I’d rather be myself. Than be liked. It makes sense… why you’d want to be liked. Think about it. From an evolutionary standpoint, when you’re liked, you’re safe. You’re in the tribe. People protect you. But now, I’d rather be an alien. I don’t want stress. I don’t want to …

Think about it. From an evolutionary standpoint, when you’re liked, you’re safe. But now, I’d rather be an alien. I don’t want stress. I don’t want to worry. And think “Do I fit in?” You get stuck in a crappy job at a fluorescently-lit cubicle. Where they can watch you. “Ok” to who? Not you. Not the only person who matters. If I’m an alien, I can act like I just landed here. And I’m not supposed to know if I fit in. Turney Duff is the New York Times bestselling author of, The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess , where he tells the truth. He bleeds. “Look, chances are people aren’t going to like me after I tell the story, so at no point…from archive.jamesaltucher.com

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